Fuck Yeah, Book Arts!

indypendent-thinking:

(via Chintz of Darkness: Living in Fiction)

“Heirloom” Pop-Up Art Book by Alison Ann Woodward unfolds piece by piece to reveal the anatomy of a white horned creature.

(Source: helenofdestroy, via the-bookbinder-girl)

cabinporn:

From our library:

Finding Your Way Without Map or Compass

Life in the woods invites a keener awareness in all of us and over decades of research and adventure, Harold Gatty elevated this awareness to an art, assembling what is easily the most exhaustive and engaging book ever written on wilderness pathfinding.

From the shape of anthills, to the color of clouds, to the habits of sea birds, Gatty’s methods of navigation are diverse and ingenious, each one a tiny reminder of how clearly the natural world speaks to us, if we’re willing to listen.

helen-likes:

Justin Rowe

Book art

The Spirit Books by Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord

The Spirit Books bring together my love of the book and my response to the natural world that we see and the invisible one that lies behind it. I find evidence of that deeper world not in wide vistas and scenes but in small objects that I gather. While I enjoy the expanse of the horizon as I walk along the beach, I am drawn to the scattered piles of shells and driftwood I see on the sand. As I walk down the street on a glorious fall day, I find myself looking down at the fallen stems of the chestnut rather than up at the blazing orange maples. It is in the subtle shifts of browns and grays that I find beauty and resonance. 

I feel a deep connection to older powers as I gather twigs, branches, vines, and roots. Using them to cradle books, I link them to the longstanding tradition of books as testaments of faith and belief. Each page is a meditation that echoes nature with both repetition and variety. “Reading” the book is meant to be a contemplative experience that takes the reader out of the everyday world and into a state of gratitude and reverence.

a11isun:

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(via paperartlove)

Little Red Riding Hood (Accordion Book) by Keri Miki-Lani

“This is a pop-up/accordion style book of Little Red Riding Hood. I have been especially interested in the idea of using Fairy Tales as symbols. Many stories have become so ingrained in our culture that simple references can unravel the entire story itself. A pop up image of Little Red Riding Hood in a forest completes a self-contained, non-linear narrative. This “theatrical” book format allows all the components of the story - the introduction, climax, and conclusion - to coexist in the same plane.”

The Tree Book by Sarah Mitchell

shelbyroseart:

pop out camping book, done in watercolor.

They said a king once ruled the forest by Lizzie Thomas

“These pieces are inspired from researching the meaning of “the forest” and “the woodcutter” in fairytales. The forest in a fairytale is unique to each of us; we create it. I am currently writing my own tale about a woodsman that crafts his own forest from wood. Using traditional carpenters folding rulers I have created pieces that illustrate his efforts The pocket size rules spring up to create a shadowy forest that moves.”